I know how cliche this sounds, but I genuinely can’t believe how fast these past few months have gone by. My first semester at college is over and it felt like a blur. Obviously, a lot has happened. I’m proud of myself for getting through my classes (and I will definitely miss shadow grading) Adjusting to academics, especially the first…
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Turkey Vacation
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving break! Mine was great and restful. Before flying back home on Tuesday night, I had to complete an essay and prepare for a take-home midterm. I spent Monday and Tuesday finishing up my essay, studying for my midterm, and packing. Wellesley provided shuttles to Logan Airport, so I took one. I nearly missed…
POV: You’re a first year registering for spring courses
Last week was spring course registration! As a first year, our registration was the last slot of Friday. This made me worried that the courses I wanted to take would fill up before then; all week I kept an eye on those courses and hoped there would be seats left. My first semester at Wellesley is shadow graded, meaning my…
Ode to Clapp Library
Clapp Library has quickly become one of my favorite places on campus. Nothing beats the comfort of sitting in a peaceful corner in Clapp and having an entire table to yourself to spread out your laptop and notes while you scribble away at an assignment. Going to the library has become part of my daily routine. My average weekday looks…
Feeling Sick in College
On Monday afternoon, I got my most recent Covid booster. The school was offering booster shots at Tishman Commons in Lulu so I decided to sign up. I did have to wait for a bit, but the shot itself was super quick and snacks and water were provided afterwards (I did shamelessly steal several granola bars to take back to…
It’s been busy, to say the least
For the first time in my Wellesley career, I swapped a course during the add/drop period. I switched into a travel writing class because I’ve done all this traveling, and I want to be forced to write about it. I love reading about my classmates’ adventures and throwing around ideas about how to improve our next drafts. My Fulbright application…
The Penultimate Post
Hello blog, and happy Monday! This is my second to last post of the year, which seems very quick and kind of crazy. I have one Saturday left on the Wellesley campus before I head back home to Iowa, and I have a feeling it’ll past much faster and much slower than I would like it to. Before…
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Hello blog, and happy Monday! I’m going to be totally honest with you all: we’ve really reached the time of year where I’m running very low in my capacity to do all things college and desperately counting down the days until I get to go home. In my time at Wellesley, I’ve found that I’m much more prone to…
The Countdown Begins
Hello blog, and happy Monday! It was a beautiful spring day in Massachusetts today, and while I spent most of it inside at the Computing Help Desk in Clapp Library, I have managed to get outside quite a bit in the past week. Last Tuesday, my friend Emma and I took a walk as far as we could around…
Monday, Monday
Hello blog, and happy Monday! In the interest of full transparency, I think it’s important that I let you know I’m actually writing this post Sunday evening. I have a lot of assignments due at the front end of this week, and I’m really trying to stay on top of things by getting a couple of my usual Monday…